04: The Danger Within Us with Jeanne Lenzer

On today’s episode we get to hear from Jeanne Lenzer, a medical investigative journalist. Last year she wrote, The Danger Within Us: America’s Untested, Unregulated, Medical Device Industry, and One Man’s Battle to Survive It. Jeanne has also written for many publications including the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Discover, Slate and many more.

Show Highlights:

Ways healthcare has evolved into a multi-trillion industry in the last 50 years

Doctors are reaping millions of dollars

Jeanne explains the role the FDA is supposed to play in keeping America safe

Devices that were grandfathered in

Finding out years later of complications of the devices

Bench testing definition and examples

Studies on Metallosis

Jeanne was featured in the Netflix Documentary, The Bleeding Eagle

Essure -A Birth control device and the problems it caused so many women